US issues fresh Iran-related sanctions, website shows
- The US imposed new sanctions on Iran after it resumed attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, targeting individuals and entities linked to the Revolutionary Guards.
- Ali Ansari, an Iranian banker and financier for Iran's leader Mojtaba Khamenei, was sanctioned for diverting public funds into overseas assets benefiting elites and the IRGC.
- The US Treasury also targeted Iranian exchange houses that moved billions for sanctioned banks using shell companies to hide illicit financial activities amid regional tensions.
- The sanctions followed a week of conflict involving attacks on Qatari and Saudi tankers, and subsequent military strikes between US and Iranian forces in Gulf states.
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The United States announced on Friday new sanctions related to Iran, targeting one of the main financiers of the new Iranian leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, as well as 13 other natural and legal persons, reported to the Treasury Department. The measure takes place after the resumption of Tehran's attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Ormuz.
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Sung-min = The U.S. Donald Trump administration [announced] on the 10th (local time), immediately after President Trump officially declared the 'end of the ceasefire' with Iran...
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US issues fresh Iran-related sanctions, website shows
July 10 (Reuters) - The United States on Friday issued new Iran-related sanctions following Iran's resumption of attacks on international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the Treasury Department said.The sanctions target Ali Ansari, an Iranian banker and businessman based in Dubai who had previously been sanctioned by Britain for his role in financially supporting the activities of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, among other individuals and entiti…
The U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding on June 17 to end the war, but in recent days there have been further attacks.
Following the collapse of the ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran, the US Treasury Department imposed a new round of sanctions on Iran on Friday (July 10), targeting key financial backers of Iran's Supreme Leader and shadow foreign exchange trading institutions. This move is intended in response to Iran's recent attacks on merchant ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury, Friday, imposed sanctions on eight individuals and six entities that said they formed part of a financial network linked to Khamenei and Iran's Revolutionary Guard, concurrently with the issuance of an A...
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